Released:
1998-06-23

Overview:
Set in a mythical small Upper-Egyptian village where people live off planting dates and making of Date Wine, a stranger arrives and calls on people to travel to the abroad for job opportunities, all of the village's grown-up men leave, except for the disabled grandfather and his grandson Ahmed, upon which trouble begins to spread in the village in the absence of men along with his lover Salma. Exploring themes of Rebellion, Desire, Masculinity, Patriarchy, Spirituality and the Ancient Egyptian Mystique.

Director:
Radwan El Kashef

Runtime:
1h 48min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Sherihan
  as
  Salma
• 
  Abla Kamel
  as
  Salima
• 
  Mohamed Nagaty
  as
  Ahmed Mustafa Ismail
• 
  Manal Afifi
  as
  Shifa
• 
  Hamdy Ahmed
  as
  Mute Grandpa